Understanding idiomatic expressions on “Abbey Road” the last album of The Beatles: the contribution of word meaning

Idiom knowledge is essential for English language competence and fluency, and that a lack of information can lead to substantial misunderstanding especially for foreign language learners. Since idiom meaning is not literally translatable, learners always find many difficulties in learning and translating idioms. One of the most exciting ways to learn idioms is using a song. This study is conducted based on idiomatic expressions in the album of The Beatles Abbey Road. This research focuses on two objectives: to classify the types of idiomatic expressions in the album of The Beatles Abbey Road and classify meaning types of idiomatic expressions found in the album of The Beatles Abbey Road. Content analysis of descriptive qualitative is used as a research method of this study. The album lyrics of The Beatles Abbey Road is used as documentation to collect the data. The result of the study showed that there are 30 idiomatic expressions found in the album of The Beatles Abbey Road. Types of idiomatic expressions which are frequently used in the album of The Beatles Abbey Road is phrasal verb meanwhile types of meaning which commonly used in the album of The Beatles Abbey Road is conceptual meaning. The implication of idiomatic expressions in the album of The Beatles ‘Abbey Road’ in learning idiom are developing new method of learning, and building such a fun learning atmosphere. Keywords: Idiomatic Expressions, The Beatles, Song, Abbey Roa